Series overview (finished, still ongoing, ...) possible?

shadowThief · 06-13-2018, 10:29 AM

Hi,
I read a lot of books which are in series.
But the more and more books I have in calibre, I find it difficult to distinguish, which series:

I already finished and no new books will be published
I didn't finish, because the following books in the series haven't been published yet or I haven't purchased yet
I'm not sure, if there are more books coming in the future

Is there a way to keep track of this? Via a plugin or directly in calibre?
A special view with the columns like:
Author - Seriesname - Status (complete, ongoing, unknown)
would be really great.

If its not possible in calibre, how do you all keep track of your series? Especially the ongoing ones.

pdurrant · 06-13-2018, 10:47 AM

You could add a custom column for series status.

theducks · 06-13-2018, 01:32 PM

The Quality check PI has a check for broken series (missing) in the sequence

You CAN NOT add a column to the real Series table (internal), so you have no way to mark a series complete. You can only mark Books.

You need a 'read' column for your books(I use a timestamp, others us T/F, still others with Family use a Tag of whom )

You might read the descriptions of the plugins by DaltonST,
He has some PI that does rather complex queries. You might find one there.

Or this Serrch may do the trick

Code:

series: true and #read:false

then sort the results by series

BetterRed · 06-13-2018, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadowThief

[ . . . ]But the more and more books I have in calibre, I find it difficult to distinguish, which series:

I already finished and no new books will be published
I didn't finish, because the following books in the series haven't been published yet or I haven't purchased yet
I'm not sure, if there are more books coming in the future

Is there a way to keep track of this? Via a plugin or directly in calibre?
A special view with the columns like:
Author - Seriesname - Status (complete, ongoing, unknown)
would be really great. [ . . . ]

I don't do this, but it may do the trick

Add a 'Fixed set of values' custom column (e.g. '#series-status/Series Status').
Select that column in the Look and Feel->Quickview->Columns to display list.
Only set the column for the first book in the series

Then use the Quickview feature to view a series ordered by series index, the Series Status column will be visible on the first item in the QV list.

BR

Dopedangel · 06-15-2018, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadowThief

Hi,
I read a lot of books which are in series.
But the more and more books I have in calibre, I find it difficult to distinguish, which series:

I already finished and no new books will be published
I didn't finish, because the following books in the series haven't been published yet or I haven't purchased yet
I'm not sure, if there are more books coming in the future

Is there a way to keep track of this? Via a plugin or directly in calibre?
A special view with the columns like:
Author - Seriesname - Status (complete, ongoing, unknown)
would be really great.

If its not possible in calibre, how do you all keep track of your series? Especially the ongoing ones.

I just use fictfact.com it is only for following series. And new series from authors you follow so keeps me informed. I follow too many series now and over the last 2 years am current with a few select series as my reading habits have changed from 50+ books a year to barely 1 a month.

06-13-2018, 10:29 AM	#1
shadowThief Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Series overview (finished, still ongoing, ...) possible? Hi, I read a lot of books which are in series. But the more and more books I have in calibre, I find it difficult to distinguish, which series: I already finished and no new books will be published I didn't finish, because the following books in the series haven't been published yet or I haven't purchased yet I'm not sure, if there are more books coming in the future Is there a way to keep track of this? Via a plugin or directly in calibre? A special view with the columns like: Author - Seriesname - Status (complete, ongoing, unknown) would be really great. If its not possible in calibre, how do you all keep track of your series? Especially the ongoing ones.

06-13-2018, 01:32 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,800 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	The Quality check PI has a check for broken series (missing) in the sequence You CAN NOT add a column to the real Series table (internal), so you have no way to mark a series complete. You can only mark Books. You need a 'read' column for your books(I use a timestamp, others us T/F, still others with Family use a Tag of whom ) You might read the descriptions of the plugins by DaltonST, He has some PI that does rather complex queries. You might find one there. Or this Serrch may do the trick Code: series: true and #read:false then sort the results by series

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pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,506 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	You could add a custom column for series status.